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Dominic Bocci
Program Manager, Muslim Women's Shura Council
Before coming to ASMA, Mr. Bocci worked as an intern with both the United Nations Global Compact and the Bureau of Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In addition to his work at UNDP, he drafted an article titled, "Shari'a and HIV/AIDS: Muslim Civil Society Engagement in the Treatment and Prevention of HIV/AIDS."
Mr. Bocci has also been the recipient of a number of fellowships. In 2006, he was awarded a U.S. Student Fulbright to the United Arab Emirates, where he worked at both the Dubai Courts and the Dubai School of Government. At the Dubai Courts he developed and managed a research program assessing the evolution and adaptability of the UAE legal system since its founding, paying particular attention to judicial figures and the use of technology in judicial administration. In 2005, he was named a Presidential Scholar at the American University in Cairo, where he worked at the Desert Development Center and the Social Research Center. He has worked at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC, and was also a Research Assistant at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
Mr. Bocci has a Masters from Columbia University in Anthropology, where he specialized in Islamic law, legal anthropology, and international development, with particular focus on political development and institution building. He graduated, with honors, from the University of California-Berkeley, with degrees in Middle Eastern Studies and South and Southeast Asian Studies, and attended both the School of Oriental and African Studies and the American University in Beirut.
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